Lading strap anchor for flat cars



Jan- 6, 1959 I fADLER I 2,867,178

LADING STRAPl ANCHOR FOR FLAT CARS I Filed Jan. 11, 1954 2 sheets-sheen1 uuaonaeeoo con oeuoguuoon nnoona'onoaoooou no uoeanh nanou ouooeuoooboo Jan. 6, 1959 F. P. ADLER 2,867,178

LADING STRAP ANCHOR FoR FLAT GARS` Filed Jan. 11, 1954 v 2 sheets-sheen2 w l m A ,NN l RA 1 \W w+ www bm Q1 l WMM W HPM uw 7 M/ F UnitedStates` Patent O LADING STRAP ANCHOR FOR FLATCARS Franklin P.'Adler,Michigan City, Ind., assignor to Pullman-Standard Car ManufacturingCompany, Chicago, Ill., a corporation of Delaware Application January11, 1954, Serial No.'403,141

4 Claims. (Cl. 10S-369) This invention relates to improvements infreight carrying vehicles such as a railway flat car.

The adaptability of a flat car to handle various types of lading is ofthe utmost importance to shippers. Of long standing usage for theprimary purpose of preventing lading from shifting sidewise is theprovision of a plurality of wooden upright posts inserted in stake orpost pockets along the side edges of the flat car. When the posts arenot necessary, the pockets may be used as lading strap openings. Variousother methods and devices are used to increase the adaptability of thecar. Holding devices are nailed down to the wooden floor boards,additional openings along the side edges of the floor are provided foranchoring purposes, bars, clamps and anchors used in conjunction withsliding or xed holding fixtures for the receipt of the lading straps arealso in use. To an improvement over the aforementioned devices, theapplicant directs this invention, which includes a further adaptation ofapplicants lading strap anchor disclosed in patent application, SerialNo. 252,033, led October 19, 1951.

Thus, a primary object of this invention is to provide a simplifiedlading strap anchor device to be used along the side edges of a fiatfreight hauling vehicle.

Another object of this invention is to provide an economical ladingstrap anchor device which may be in stalled on a flat freight haulingvehicle Without requiring any change in the existing vehicle structure.

A further object of this invention is to provide a readily attachablelading strap anchor device to be used on a flat freight hauling vehicleand which provides a plurality of lading strap openings in addition tothe usual stake pockets.

Yet another object of this invention is to provide a fixed lading strapanchor device so located on a flat freight hauling Vehicle as not tointerfere with the lading, thereby also preventing the possibility ofdamage to the device.

Still a further object of this invention is to provide a two-piecelading strap anchor device adapted to be quickly installed along theside edges of flat freight hauling vehicle and which has sufficientstrength to hold a usual load.

Yet a further object of this invention is to `provide a lading strapanchor device having no moving parts and designed for economical massproduction.

The aforementioned and other objects of this invention will be definedin the following description and drawings in which:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a railway flat car embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary side elevation of the at car in Fig. l; and

Fig. 3 is a transversevertical sectional view of the invention takenalong the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Although one specific embodiment is depicted and described herein, itisto be understood that the invention is not to be so limited -but may beincluded in other ice appended claims.

Referring to the drawings, a railway at car 10 `having i ends 11-11 andsides 12-12 is illustrated. Other than the center sill cover plates13-13 and the bolster cover plates 14-14 at each end 11 of the car, themajor part of the car ooring is made up of transversely extending Woodenplanks 15 laid side by side. Intermediate the` ends 11-11 where sideladders 16 are provided, the

planks'15'extend slightly beyond the side sill 17 on each side of vthecar. Y

The side sill vertical member 18 is joinedy at the top by L-shaped beams19 and 20 which are secured'to the member 18 as by rivets 21 so thatthese beams actually constitute portions of theside sill-which serve asend supports for the planks 15. Vertically disposed gusset plates 22 maybe secured to the outer L beam 20 for structural purposes. Sidestakeholders '23 areinterposed between sections 'of the beam 20 forming stakepockets for the insertion of stakesor posts; These holders arev securedto the outer side'ofthe side sillV 17 by means such.

Vas rivets 24.

When stakes are not used, the holders 23 may be used as lading strapholders, however, a larger number of lading strap openings are usuallydesired, even when stakes are not used in the holders 23. For thispurpose, a lading strap anchor device 25 is provided.

The device 25 may extend the entire length of the extended plank sidesof the car, however, where stake holders 23 are used, the device isbroken into elongated sections 26. Each section 26 is comprised of aguide plate 27 which extends substantially the entire longitudinaldistance between holders 23. The guide plate 27 aids in the guiding ofthe lading strap around the lading strap anchor 36. The guide plate 27has a horizontally' extending upper portion 28 which extends over a topend portion of a plank 15, a vertically extending portion 29 whichcontacts the end of a plank, and a lower portion 30 which extends underand engages a lower end portion of a plank, the lower portion 30 havinga horizontally offset extension 31 which extends under and engages theunderneath side 32 of the L beam 20. Transverse slots 33 are provided atspaced intervals along the extension 31 to receive the gusset plates 22.The guide plate 27 is secured to the planks 15 and the side sill beam 20for structural stability by means of nut and bolt units 34 which extendthrough the extension 31 and which are flush with the top surface of theplanks 15 by having bolt head pockets 35 in the planks.

A lading strap anchor 36 which is comprised of a at elongated metalstrip wherein spaced opposite side portions 37 have been bent inwardlyforming legs 38, thereby leaving fiat intermediate portions 39, issecured in parallel relation to the vertical portion 29 of the guideplate 27 by welding the anchor portion legs 38 to the guide plateportion 29 as at 40 (Fig. 3). The anchor 36extends substantially theentire length of theplate 27, the intermediate portions 39 of the anchorthereby forming a plurality of openings 41 in each of which a ladingstrap 42 may be inserted.

Thus it may be seen that a lading strap anchor device has been providedfor use along the side edges of a at freight hauling vehicle, whichdevice adds a plurality of lading strap anchoring points to the carwithout changing the existing car structure, may be readily attached tothe car, has suiiicient holding capacity for the usual load, would notinterfere with the lading, is removed from the lading so as to preventdamage to itself, is susceptible of V,Patenten Jan. 6, 1,959

economical massk production, `and which has no movingparts,l-therebyincreasingitseiciency:

What is claimed is: `1. In combination with af'llat freight haulingvehicle strap anchoring stripL a'ssmbly' comprising" a longitudi-'fvnally: extending guide memberv secured*v to ysaid'iloorand saidsill-and'extendingioutflaterally beyond 'an end surface of said floor,said guide member including a gener ally upright' portion adjacent toland` parallelingf said'` end surface-lof the floor-y and af' bottomedgei'lange'extendingv inwardly! integrally fromY said upright portion'and' engag-A ing';theflower-'surfacelof said oor; ,andz said assemblyincludingv alsov a` longitudinally extending anchoring stripv extending`laterally beyond said'- uprightj portion of" the guide f memben` and/securedfthereto lat 'a plurality of lonv gitudinallyfspaczed-location's,` sa'id anchoringstrip com'- prising a generally flatelongated plate member disposedl inl a generallyuprightiplane"substantially parallelto the planeiof saiduprightportionofthe guidemember. and h'aviingla` plurality of Ashortylngthso'ffits upper and lower marginal edge portionsA extendinginwardly' at longitudinally spacedv intervals forming attachment legswith the e'n'ds thereof welddztosaid upright'portionlof the guidem'eniberv thereby spacing frorn= said/ upright ,portion Hat openingslforreceiving lading'straps;

Y25 lengths 4'-oii the-'anchoring strip extending lengthwise thereo'fbetweensa-id attachment legs-toprov'ide a plurality of 2.l Thecombination claimed vin niclaim in which Y said' guide member includes'a'y top edge"flange'f'extendfA ing integrally inwardly from said uprightportion and engaging the upper surface of said oor.

3. The combination claimed in claim l including a plurality of stakepockets spaced longitudinally along said end surface of theoor,and`fin.which a guide member and anchoringstrip assembly extendsbetween each ypair of adjacent stake pocketsV 4. The combination claimedin claim 1 including'fasteni ingmeans extending-uthroghsaid Hooi-sidesill andzrhorizontal flange of the guide membensecuring.said'assembly tosaid oor and said side sill. p n

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